[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1221]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct an oversight hearing on ``Accounting and Investor Protection 
Issues Raised by Enron and Other Public Companies: Oversight of the 
Accounting Profession, Audit Quality and Independence, and Formulation 
of Accounting Principles.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., on the collapse of the Enron 
Corporation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 26, at 9 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the 
nomination of Raymond L. Orbach to be Director of the Office of 
Science, Department of Energy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Tuesday, 
February 26, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing that will focus 
on S. 1961, the Water Investment Act, a bill to improve the financial 
and environmental sustainability of the water programs of the United 
States.
  The Committee will also receive testimony on the following 
legislation:
  S. 252: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving 
funds, and for other purposes.
  S. 285: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize the use of State revolving loan funds for construction of 
water conservation and quality improvements
  S. 503: A bill to amend the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small 
public drinking water system.
  S. 1044: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed.
  The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Gerald Reynolds, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, Department of Education during the session of the Senate 
on Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 3:30 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, February 26, 2002, 
at 10 a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Building to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the management of Indian trust funds.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Judicial Nominations'' on Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 10 a.m., in 
Dirksen room 226.

     Tentative Witness List

  Panel I: Senators Ted Stevens; Arlen Specter; Frank Murkowski; Phil 
Gramm; Jon Kyl; Rick Santorum; and Congressman Ruben Hinojosa.
  Panel II: D. Brooks Smith to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third 
Circuit.
  Panel III: Ralph Beistline to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
District of Alaska; David Charles Bury to be U.S. District Court Judge 
for the District of Arizona; and Randy Crane to be U.S. District Court 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   subcommittee on Technology, terrorism, and government information

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government 
Information be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Securing 
our Ports Against Terror: Technology, Resources and Homeland Defense'' 
on Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at 3:15 p.m., in Dirksen 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Capt. William G. Schubert, Maritime Administrator, 
Department of Transportation; Bonni G. Tischler, Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of Fields Operations, Customs Service; and Rear 
Admiral Kenneth T. Venuto, Director of Operations Policy, Coast Guard.
  Panel II: Richard Steinke, Chairman of the Board, American 
Association of Port Authorities, and Executive Director, Port of Long 
Beach, Long Beach, CA; F. Amanda DeBusk, Former Assistant Secretary for 
Export Enforcement, Commerce Department, and Former Commissioner, 
Interagency Commission on Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports, 
Washington, DC; Kim E. Petersen, Executive Director, Maritime Security 
Council, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Rob Quartel, Chairman and CEO, 
FreightDesk Technologies, Inc., and Former Member, Federal Maritime 
Commission, McLean, VA; and Charles Upchurch, President & CEO, SGS 
Global Trade Solutions, Inc., and Representative, Global Alliance for 
Trade Efficiency, New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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